Smoking kills more than 400,000 persons a year in the United States. Every office visit is an opportunity to promote smoking cessation.

This Clinician's Guide is based on the Clinical PracticeGuidelineon
Smoking Cessation, Number 18. It was
prepared by a panel of experts convened by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research,
and reflects a thorough review of evidence from clinical studies spanning 1978 to 1994.

Helping Smokers Quit

Every person who smokes should be offered smoking cessation treatment at every office
visit.

Clinicians should ask about and record the tobacco-use status of every patient.

Cessation treatment even as brief as 3 minutes a visit is effective.

The more intense the treatment, the more effective it is in producing long-term abstinence
from tobacco.

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